Testing in emulators

While developing a UWP app, you can quickly see what it would look like on various devices in the XAML design window.

The following screenshot shows the 23" Desktop (1920 x 1080) 100% scale emulator:

Testing in emulators

The following screenshot shows the 57" HoloLens 2D App (1280 x 720) 150% scale emulator:

Testing in emulators

You can also run the app in a Simulator rather than on your Local Machine. You can also choose Remote Machine or Device:

Testing in emulators

Simulator can rotate ...

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